Improvement in teapot-handles



L. c. CLARK.

Teapot Handle. v No. 96,309. Patented Nov, 2, 18-69;

NrFETERS, FHOTO-UYNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D c

rite-(1% we :it ldltlll dilil s Letters Patent No. 96,309, dated November 2, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN TEAPOT-HANDLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LUCAS O. CLARK, of Plantsville, in the county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Teapot-Handles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention.

Figure 2 is an end view of one of the connections.

Figure 3 is a section on linear-y of fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention consists in constructing a portion of the handle waved or wrinkled, to prevent it from easily slipping through the hand.

It also consists in the peculiar arrangement of the connecting-tubes, by which the handle is secured tothe' vessel.

A designates the handle, which is constructed mainly of T-form, as the best form for strength and lightness.

a designates the waves or wrinkles, which can be strengthened by placing thin libs between the same, if desired.

It is not always convenient to place the thumb over the thumb-piece b, to prevent the handle from slipping through the hand; and when the handle is hot, to gripe it firmly with the hand, will impart more heat to the same than will a gentle pressure.

' When the hand gripes the waved portion a of the handle, but very little pressure is required to prevent ,the handle from turning or slipping through the hand,

whereas, if the handle were smooth, the thumb must be placed over the thumb-piece b, or a firm gn'pe given by the hand to prevent slipping.

B B designate the connecting-tubes, which are formed of sheet-metal, of oval form, and tapering, with the small end attached to the handle A.

Each end of the handle A, I provide with what I I term a fixed button, d. The length of the button 11- is the same as the width of the inside of the connecting-tubes B B.

After the tubes B B are formed, I place them'over the button (has indicated by the red outlines in fig. 2. I then give the tube B a quarter turn, when theends of the button (Z pressagainst the sides of the tube B, and hold it temporarily in its -place,'as shownthe vessel will not be readily communicated to the handle A. I

Ordinarily, cast-iron teapot-handles have been soldered to the tubes B B. It not only requires more labor to solder the tubes than to connect bymy invention, but the scale of iron has to be removed pre-.

paratory to soldering, all of which expense is, by my invention, saved;

If. desired, the portion of the tube B opposite the end of the button d might be swaged, so asto form a recess on the, inside of the same, tor. the ends of the button 11 to fill, which would make the connection still stronger.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i's

1. A tea or coffee-pot handle, constructed with the waves a, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination and arrangement of. the connecting-tubes B B and button d, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

- LUCAS O. CLARK.

Witnesses:

JAMES SHEPARD, O. A SHEPARD. 

